Ryan Foley
During Friday's edition of Morning Joe, the panel discussed some of President Trump's potential Supreme Court picks, specifically Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh. When Axios's Mike Allen suggested that the final decision will be determined by "the personal connection, who he feels comfortable with in the moment." Scarborough responded: "So you're saying he's going to pick the man, the…
During Tuesday's edition of The Beat With Ari Melber, guest host Ayman Mohyeldin interviewed Kristin Mink, the teacher who confronted EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. During the interview, Mink said "this whole debate about civility is a waste of time and I wish that the left would stop talking about it because civility is not the issue." She also defended Maxine…
During Tuesday's edition of MSNBC Live With Velshi and Ruhle, host Ali Velshi interviewed Kristin Mink, the teacher who had confronted EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt the day before. Velshi eventually asked Mink "Are you at all concerned about the narrative that the Administration is putting forward that they're being harassed and persecuted?" Mink responded by saying "You know, I can't control that…
During Friday's edition of Real Time With Bill Maher, one of the guests, leftist documentary maker Michael Moore, reiterated a point frequently made by Maher: "fascism is at the doorstep." He then issued a call-to-action, asserting that "the vast majority believe in women’s rights, environmental stuff, don’t put people in jail for using drugs. All of that stuff, the majority are with us. We are…
During Friday's edition of Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace and her panel implied that President Trump actually worked behind the scenes to force Justice Kennedy to retire. Wallace opened the segment by playing a clip of Trump praising Kennedy at the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Gorsuch, one of Kennedy's former law clerks. She then tried to explain the praise, saying "That may have…
During Friday's edition of Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace attempted to make the case that President Trump concocted a scheme to force Justice Kennedy off the bench so he could appoint another Supreme Court Justice. She brought up a Vanity Fair article talking about how Justice Kennedy's son worked at Deutsche Bank, which had a close relationship with the Trump Organization. As she…
During Wednesday's edition of Deadline: White House, host Nicolle Wallace interviewed Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), focusing on the breaking news that the Supreme Court's "swing vote" Justice Anthony Kennedy decided to retire. She teed up her interview with Swalwell by reiterating the points made by her lefty colleagues, which can be summarized with the phrase "it's time for you guys to get ready…
During Wednesday's edition of Deadline: White House, Never-Trumper Steve Schmidt said that while he believes that "Presidents should be afforded wide discretion with their Supreme Court nominations," he slammed Republicans, saying "they stole a Supreme Court seat from the Democrats." According to Schmidt, "For the fabric of our democracy, Democrats should dig in hard here and do everything they…
During Monday's edition of Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski brought up the "problem that Sarah Sanders had over the weekend," which she described as an "absolutely legitimate problem" while at the same time dismissing it, asking "who cares at this point?" Never-Trumper Elise Jordan seemed to suggest that Sanders deserved to be kicked out of the restaurant, asking "Should someone who lies…
During Friday's edition of The Lead With Jake Tapper, CNN Political Analyst Paul Begala reacted to President Trump's meeting with the "angel moms" (and dads) who lost their children at the hands of illegal immigrants. According to Begala, "He's taking this raw, real pain that these poor families are suffering, which is authentic, and he's politicizing it. Right? It is monstrous to take these…